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Title: Partonic calculation of the two-photon exchange contribution to elastic electron-proton scattering at large momentum transfer

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/826794· OSTI ID:826794

We estimate the two-photon exchange contribution to elastic electron-proton scattering at large momentum transfer through the scattering off a parton in the proton. We relate the process on the nucleon to the generalized parton distributions which also enter in other wide angle scattering processes. We find that when taking the polarization transfer determinations of the form factors as input, adding in the 2 photon correction, does reproduce the Rosenbluth data.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
826794
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-10366; TRN: US0404205
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 4 Mar 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English